Awarathon

AUGUST 29, 2024

Sales productivity is a crucial metric that measures the efficiency and effectiveness of a sales team in generating revenue. The key to high sales productivity lies in having well-trained, confident sales reps who can close deals efficiently and consistently. Click here to schedule a demo today.

Video 52

Video Penetration Analytics Revenue 52

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 8, 2023

The seven reasons most often to blame are: Sales Managers. Yes, sales managers who fail to hold their salespeople accountable for the agreed upon prospecting activities are enabling those non-hunting salespeople. Utilize OMG’s Sales Candidate Assessments to improve your sales selection.

Decision Maker 156

Decision Maker Penetration Account Comparison 156

Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

For that reason, we teach sellers in our LinkedIn training to subscribe to omnichannel prospecting for the best sales success while prospecting. It means using every sales strategy, every tool and every channel to engage and connect with prospects. Sales Prospecting Template. Prospecting with Sales Video.

Pipeline 145

Pipeline Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 145

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Imagine similar spikes in your sales metrics and you’ll see the glaring imperative for setting goals. So yes — there are few things more important to you as sales manager than to set goals. Skip right to the 6 steps to influence outcomes as a sales manager >>> Having Goals is NOT Enough to Break Through.

Sales Management 80

Sales Management Revenue Incentives Incentive 80

Vengreso

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In this article, I delve into channel sales —a strategy that involves leveraging third-party intermediaries such as dealers and affiliates to distribute products—enabling companies to penetrate new markets without relying on a sizable in-house sales team. This will elevate their motivation and effectiveness.

Channels 66

Channels Outsourcing Services Strategy Lead Rank 66

Zoominfo

APRIL 2, 2018

Every sales manager wants their team to be successful– but sometimes, that’s easier said than done. Sales reps face a number of obstacles that can keep them from their goals and it’s your job as their manager to help them overcome these challenges. Facilitate better sales and marketing alignment.

Sales Qualified Lead 207

Sales Qualified Lead Penetration B2B Face-to-face 207

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 21, 2018

Imagine similar spikes in your sales metrics and you’ll see the glaring imperative for setting goals. So yes — there are few things more important to you as sales manager than to set goals. Skip right to the 6 steps to influence outcomes as a sales manager >>> Having Goals is NOT Enough to Break Through.

Sales Management 66

Sales Management Revenue Incentives Incentive 66

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 30, 2022

Recently, I was speaking to the leadership team of a sales organization. They had invested a lot in training, content, and other programs to support the account based selling focus. Our jobs, as sellers, is to maximize our penetration and growth within those territories. But things weren’t changing.

Account 101

Account Territories Penetration Referrals 101

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 1, 2013

Whether you are CEO, vice president, or a sales manager , you have a central role in your company’s sales process and in the decision to transition to referral selling—the only business-development strategy proven to convert prospects into clients more than 50 percent of the time. Referral Selling is a Complete Shift.

Referrals 253

Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Cold Calling Penetration 253

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The jump from salesperson to sales manager is extremely challenging. A manager has an entirely different job: Leading, inspiring, coaching, and training a team. But if the team is functioning well, an authoritarian manager will breed resentment and probably damage its performance.

Sales Management 94

Sales Management Hiring ACT Quota 94

Vengreso

JULY 29, 2024

Also, having these partners can save money by not having to have a big sales team, so companies can use their money in better ways. To have good relationships with channel sales partners, it’s important to manage them well. After bringing partners onboard, it’s important to foster solid relationships from the outset.

Outsourcing Services 68

Outsourcing Services Channels Webinar Metrics Strategy 68

Your Sales Management Guru

APRIL 11, 2011

High-Performance Sales Management. Building a strategic and effective sales management system is just like building anything else: It takes time, refinement and follow-through. Sales concepts get recycled, too. Sales managers must direct and mobilize their teams to achieve desired results.

Sales Management 56

Sales Management Hiring Trade Show Penetration 56

Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 6, 2015

11 Actions Sales Management Must Take Now! Sound investment portfolio-management advice ranges from “hold firm with your existing stocks” to “take advantage of a great opportunity to buy at today’s basement prices”. This also is an opportunity to build a better sales team that will increase your market share as competitors lag.

Sales Management 40

Sales Management Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Lead Rank 40

Zoominfo

APRIL 11, 2019

Every sales manager wants their team to be successful– but sometimes, that’s easier said than done. Sales reps face a number of obstacles that can keep them from their goals and it’s your job as their manager to help them overcome these challenges. Invest in ongoing coaching. Use the right tools and technologies.

Sales Qualified Lead 100

Sales Qualified Lead Penetration Face-to-face Quota 100

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The frequency of touches will be determined by the length of your sales cadence, and vice versa. For example, if you’re a new business trying to penetrate a market that has little knowledge of you and your solution, the sequence might need to be longer than one for an established business with a great deal of brand awareness.

Outbound 130

Outbound Quota LinkedIn Follow-up 130

Steven Rosen

JANUARY 28, 2024

Helen Fanucci , a sales leader with 25+ years in the high-tech industry and author of “Love Your Team: A Survival Guide for Sales Managers in a Hybrid World.” discusses the importance of trust in sales, effective targeting strategies, and the role of collaboration in team selling.

Intent 156

Intent Sales Leadership Account ACT 156

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Step 0: Nail your training. Then we ran targeted training and coaching to get them up to speed. Once AEs identify the handful of accounts that will make or break their year, they need a plan to penetrate those accounts. If you want to know how we do it… Read on. Building a list of target contacts and org maps.

Pipeline 92

Pipeline Penetration Account Outbound 92

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Handling account issues post-sale impacts your selling time dramatically. Sales Reps need to train their customers to use Customer Service. If not, they develop an unhealthy dependency on the Sales Rep long after the deal has closed. Reps must be able to social map an organization they are trying to penetrate.

Education 303

Education Penetration Customer Service Sales Qualified Lead 303

Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Assuming your sales quota will go up, you will need additional salespeople on your team to achieve those higher numbers. Recruiting takes time and training new salespeople takes time, get a jump on your headcount. In my book; Creating High Performance Sales Compensation Plans I have an entire chapter on incentive compensation.

Quota 89

Quota Sales Leadership Compensation Penetration 89

Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Then again, not many people have my mindset of thinking about how every book, movie or song translates to something related to sales or sales management. You could say it is something I've been cursed with, or blessed with, over my last 20 years with Anthony Cole Training Group - to see sales lessons in the most unusual places.

Sales Coaching 164

Sales Coaching Coaching Penetration Incentives 164

The Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Sales Management teams should make accurate data collection, tracking, and analysis a priority, emphasizing the KPIs that are most relevant to your industry. Pipeline Sales Metrics: How long is your sales cycle, and how often are your leads converting? Use the Right Tools. Optimize Your Process with IMPACT Selling®.

Hiring 82

Hiring Maximizer Penetration Lead Rank 82

HeavyHitter Sales

MAY 18, 2013

    It hard times for salespeople and sales managers over 50 today. They also have a more difficult time finding new jobs because younger sales managers have five basic fears about hiring someone older than themselves :   They are Un-coachable. They aren’t Technically Savvy. They are “Washed Up.”

Hiring 165

Hiring Airlines Penetration Twitter 165

The Digital Sales Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2018

These are; Market Penetration – selling more of the same things to more of the same customers. Market Penetration. Market penetration is the name given to a sales strategy where the business focuses on selling existing products into existing markets. Maintain or increase the market share. Secure dominance of market.

Examples 55

Examples Strategy Penetration Ideal Customer Profile 55

Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 18, 2012

Again, I will reference a fine book by Gary Mack - Mind Gym - to help sales managers understand how to better coach sales people to higher levels of personal and professional sales success. Let's translate this to sales and sales management. The list could probably be longer but this is enough.).

Hiring 163

Hiring Penetration eBook Coaching 163

Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Then again, not many people have my mindset of thinking about how every book, movie or song translates to something related to sales or sales management. You could say it is something I''ve been cursed with, or blessed with, over my last 20 years with Anthony Cole Training Group - to see sales lessons in the most unusual places.

Sales Coaching 134

Sales Coaching Coaching Penetration Incentives 134

SBI

JULY 12, 2018

This helps sales management & operations plan where salespeople need to be assigned. Our solution helps sales organizations stay informed of breaking news, keep track of key players, and navigate their way through buying committees with real-time market intelligence embedded in a CRM system.

InsideView 104

InsideView Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead 104

Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 29, 2014

After the meeting the salesperson can then develop a strategy for the account and then create 5 tactical steps to further penetrate this account. Ken Thoreson “operationalizes” sales management systems and processes that pull revenue out of the doldrums into the fresh zone. Sales Motivation Sales Training'

Penetration 99

Penetration Exercises Motivation Referrals 99

Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 27, 2012

This particular client has not had a sales training program for over 5 years. Second: Is your sales team accurately and consistently using your CRM software? I often find that reports are inaccurate because the salespeople are not fully trained on how to use the software or not focused on how to enter certain data properly.

Sales Leadership 71

Sales Leadership Penetration Ideal Customer Profile ACT 71

Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

When I read the article I had so many emotions; as a salesperson for many years, a sales leader for 15 years and a sales management consultant for the past 14 years, this article went right to the point that many of us write about, speak about and attempt to impact the organizations we consult with on a daily basis.

Penetration 69

Penetration Retail Hiring Sales Leadership 69

Steven Rosen

JANUARY 28, 2024

She also highlights the role of executives and managers in fostering collaboration and the potential costs of not prioritizing teamwork. She explores the challenges of building effective collaboration within sales teams. She emphasizes the need for teamwork in selling and highlights the critical role of trust in B2B sales.

Video 156

Video Sports Decision Maker Quota 156

HeavyHitter Sales

JUNE 15, 2010

Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors. TOP 20 GREAT SALES BLOGS » June 15, 2010. Are Top Salespeople Born or Made?

Training 90

Training Penetration Sales Cycle ROI 90

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 9, 2018

It’s like a traditional business plan but focuses specifically on your sales strategy. A business plan lays out your goals -- a sales plan describes exactly how you’ll make those happen. Who writes sales plans? What is a sales plan template? A typical sales plan includes the following sections: Target customers.

Buyer Persona 145

Buyer Persona Referrals How To Commission 145

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

As the leader of sales operations, I am sure you are working on: Updating CRM systems with new product information. Revising or building a new sales process to enable sales reps. Modifying sales reports and dashboards to enable sales managers to track new product sales. Focus on new product sales.

Compensation 244

Compensation Incentives Incentive Quota 244

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

As a sales manager, your job is to drive growth. The best way to do that is to develop the right behaviors in your sales reps. In other words, you can’t just be a sales manager. You have to be a sales LEADER. Train your team to participate actively in their customer’s strategy ideation process.

Revenue 100

Revenue Referrals Lead Rank Call-back 100

The Pipeline

MARCH 31, 2011

How well you plan, recognize and react to a given event will have direct impact on your success in winning more customers, penetrating and retaining existing clients; all with greater predictability and in shorter time frames. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange. Sales Leadership.

Social Selling 216

Social Selling Webinar Metrics Pipeline Social Media 216

Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

In this article, I will go over the most important elements of B2B sales that both sales leaders and individual sales professionals need to know about, and how B2B sales work. We’re going to help you also understand the B2B sales processes, strategies, and more. What is B2B Sales? What is B2B Sales?

B2B 128

B2B Top of Funnel Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 128

Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 6, 2013

This week I thought I would use this forum to let my readers know of Two Sales Leadership training programs in May that you should plan to attend. The first is Friday May 10 th , Building Predictable Revenue: Sales Management Systems. The second is May 28 th , 1pm EST: Creating Sales Compensation Plans for High Performance.

Compensation 74

Compensation Forecasting Penetration Sales Leadership 74